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Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Turtle really likes standing in his favorite spot. He likes it so much that he asks his friend Armadillo to come over and stand in it, too. But now that Armadillo is standing in that spot, he has a bad feeling about it . . . This book is a meditation on the workings of friendship, fate, shared futuristic visions, and that funny feeling you get that there's something off somewhere, but you just can't put your finger on it. -- Provided by publisher....
4) Petra
Author
Publisher
Tundra Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Petra is a little rock who believes she is a mighty mountain... until a dog fetches her for its owner, and she is tossed into a bird's nest. A mountain? No, Petra is now an egg! An egg of the world in a world of possibility.
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This ode to unconditional love is a brand new adventure for New York Times best-selling duo Stick and Stone, in which Stick searches for his family tree and discovers the importance of found family and forever friends.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Lubna's best friend is a pebble. Pebble always listens to her stories. Pebble always smiles when she feels scared. But when a lost little boy arrives in the World of Tents, Lubna realizes that he needs Pebble even more than she does." -- From dust jacket.
10) Dinosong
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Illustrations and easy-to-read, rhyming text follow three dinosaurs--a triceratops, sauropod, and ankylosaur--as they make their way through a dangerous, rock-strewn environment. Includes facts about rocks and minerals.
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
With all the endless, creative fun a child can have with a rock, the best thing one can do with one is to share it with a friend. Includes facts about rocks and rock collecting.
Author
Series
Skunk and Badger volume 2
Publisher
Algonquin Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
"Roommates Skunk and Badger head out on a rock-finding expedition that becomes much more dangerous than they ever expected"--
13) Hidden gem
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"When a small pebble sees others gathering on the steps of the Museum of Rocks, he grows curious. Once inside the esteemed halls, he is shocked by what he discovers. The only rocks on display are glittering gemstones, geodes, and crystals! These beautiful stones make him wonder: Can he be special, too? Perhaps he'll find an answer in the World's Most Beautiful Gem exhibition . . . or maybe, just maybe, he will find the answer inside himself."--Amazon....
Author
Publisher
Muddy Boots
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Carmela LaVigna Coyle's new picture book takes readers on an epic journey through time. Through ice ages, meteor showers, and earthquakes, readers experience the formation of an ancient treasure. Meanwhile, somewhere in the present, a little girl sets out on a hike with her family. The two stories collide when the little girl finds something SPECTACULAR on the side of a trail-a treasure forged over the course of hundreds of MILLIONS of years all...
Author
Publisher
Yellow Jacket
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Eleven-year-olds Tripti Kapoor, a feisty "word nerd" from Massachusetts, and Sam Cohen, a shy, imaginative, budding geologist from California, are both miserable at Camp Dilloway, a summer camp in upstate New York. On the last night of camp, they follow a shooting star to a quiet creek. There they find two silvery rocks glowing in the night. They each take one home, and their long-distance friendship begins. It's soon clear that these are no ordinary...
Author
Series
Publisher
Clarion Books, HarperAlley, imprints of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Stick would go anywhere with his best friend, especially if they're planning a picnic. But when picnics involve lemons and bees and caves, Stone's not so sure. Join Stick and Stone as they go spelunking. Accompany the m as they meet all sorts of new friends, including a big, fluffy monster! And laugh along with them in this new graphic novel series starring two best buddies who know that exploring is always more fun when you're together. Each story...
Author
Series
InvestiGators volume 5
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The InvestiGators are having a hard time keeping a low profile with their new headquarters being a giant robot towering over the city! How can they be SECRET agents if everyone recognizes them? But with their ears to the ground, Mango and Brash hear mysterious rumblings about BOULDER BUDDIES...are they just the latest fad or part of a mob-run scheme? And could a rocky relationship from the InvestiGators' past be trembling beneath the surface? Find...
18) Bob's rock
Author
Series
Bob books (Ann Hassett) volume 2
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Max has a dog. Bob has a rock. Max's dog can do tricks. Sit. Stay. Roll over. So can Bob's rock! But what else can Bob's rock do? (You'll have to read and see.) This simple and very funny story is for anyone who loves pets. Even when their pets are rocks"--Jacket.
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